LEADERSHIP

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Pastor Janessa Chastain

Janessa moved back to Boise in April 2020 to serve as the executive director of  Boise Valley Habitat for Humanity. In all her work, she is committed to expanding partnerships and focusing on local advocacy efforts so Ada County families can best be served. Before joining Boise Valley Habitat for Humanity, Janessa was a United Methodist Pastor in the Desert-Southwest conference, working in Tucson and Phoenix AZ. She worked to strengthen her local communities by partnering with churches and community outreach organizations, helping them connect to serve more effectively. She also worked in international advocacy, creating educational opportunities in partnership with United Nations Task Forces, hosting international dignitaries, and helping activists prepare to testify before United Nations committees. She graduated from Willamette University with a degree in politics. She received her masters of divinity from Drew University. Janessa grew up in a Boise,ID and was a committed member of Hillview United Methodist Church. She’s very glad to be back in her hometown.
 

​Rev. Jenny W. Hirst
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Jenny began her appointment as Outreach Minister at Collister in August of 2018. As an ordained Deacon, her passion is serving in the space between the church and the community. She is grateful for the opportunity to help grow Collister’s outreach into the community and working alongside others in the Treasure Valley in justice initiatives. 

Jenny’s primary appointment is at Taft Elementary, one of Boise’s Title 1 schools. Her position, Community Schools Coordinator, combines her passion for education, community partnerships, engaging Taft parents and the call to lead ministries of service and justice in the community. She and husband Mark were married New Years Eve in 2018 and together they have five amazing adult kids, two wonderful sons-in-law and two beautiful granddaughters. They are enjoying love and life and adventures together!

​Joshua and Emily Godfrey

​Music: the final frontier. These are the voyages of Joshua and Emily Godfrey. Their ongoing mission: to explore beautiful new songs; to seek out new chords and new arrangements; to boldly go where no worship team has gone before.